Work to demolish 53-year old baseball stadium gets underway.
Heavy machinery began dismantling the infield stands of the former Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward yesterday, exposing the foundations of the old stadium, which closed its gates to the public in September.
The stadium was the home ground to the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, and a local citizens’ group has filed an injunction against the demolition work with the Hiroshima District Court.
The municipal government hopes to complete the demolition of the first-base stands and the seats behind the home plate by the end of fiscal 2010 and finish the entire operation by next fiscal year, except for a part of the right-field stands, which will be preserved as a monument for future generations. The area is scheduled to be reopened as a public space by the spring of 2013.
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